diff --git a/docs/plans/state.json b/docs/plans/state.json
index e6d548c..349546b 100644
--- a/docs/plans/state.json
+++ b/docs/plans/state.json
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@
   "updated_at": "2026-02-23",
   "description": "Tracks the status of all Flynn plans and implementation phases",
   "plans": {
+    "dashboard-docker-dependencies-profile-aware-detection": {
+      "status": "completed",
+      "date": "2026-02-23",
+      "updated": "2026-02-23",
+      "summary": "Fixed false `not-found` Whisper status in dashboard docker dependency cards by querying docker compose with the `voice` profile enabled (`--profile voice`) for both `config --services` and `ps` probes.",
+      "files_modified": [
+        "src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.ts",
+        "src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts",
+        "docs/plans/state.json"
+      ],
+      "test_status": "pnpm test:run src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts + pnpm typecheck passing"
+    },
     "minimal-tui-submitted-line-dedupe": {
       "status": "completed",
       "date": "2026-02-23",
diff --git a/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts b/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts
index 9d1bdca..4e8ab88 100644
--- a/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.test.ts
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ function createConfig(endpoint: string, enabled = true): Config {
 
 describe('listDockerDependencyStatuses', () => {
   it('reports whisper as running when compose ps shows active container', async () => {
+    const seenCalls: string[][] = [];
     const runner = async (args: string[]) => {
-      if (args[0] === 'config') {
+      seenCalls.push(args);
+      if (args.includes('config')) {
         return { stdout: 'flynn\nwhisper-server\n', stderr: '' };
       }
-      if (args[0] === 'ps') {
+      if (args.includes('ps')) {
         return {
           stdout: JSON.stringify([{
             Name: 'flynn-whisper-server-1',
@@ -48,14 +50,16 @@ describe('listDockerDependencyStatuses', () => {
       statusText: 'Up 4 minutes (healthy)',
       containerName: 'flynn-whisper-server-1',
     });
+    expect(seenCalls[0]).toEqual(['--profile', 'voice', 'config', '--services']);
+    expect(seenCalls[1]).toEqual(['--profile', 'voice', 'ps', 'whisper-server', '--format', 'json']);
   });
 
   it('reports whisper as defined but not started when no container exists yet', async () => {
     const runner = async (args: string[]) => {
-      if (args[0] === 'config') {
+      if (args.includes('config')) {
         return { stdout: 'flynn\nwhisper-server\n', stderr: '' };
       }
-      if (args[0] === 'ps') {
+      if (args.includes('ps')) {
         return { stdout: '[]', stderr: '' };
       }
       throw new Error(`Unexpected args: ${args.join(' ')}`);
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ describe('listDockerDependencyStatuses', () => {
 
   it('reports whisper service as missing when compose file does not define it', async () => {
     const runner = async (args: string[]) => {
-      if (args[0] === 'config') {
+      if (args.includes('config')) {
         return { stdout: 'flynn\n', stderr: '' };
       }
       throw new Error(`Unexpected args: ${args.join(' ')}`);
@@ -109,10 +113,10 @@ describe('listDockerDependencyStatuses', () => {
 
   it('marks whisper as not configured for non-local transcription endpoints', async () => {
     const runner = async (args: string[]) => {
-      if (args[0] === 'config') {
+      if (args.includes('config')) {
         return { stdout: 'whisper-server\n', stderr: '' };
       }
-      if (args[0] === 'ps') {
+      if (args.includes('ps')) {
         return { stdout: '[]', stderr: '' };
       }
       throw new Error(`Unexpected args: ${args.join(' ')}`);
diff --git a/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.ts b/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.ts
index 0791549..456b718 100644
--- a/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/handlers/dockerDependencies.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ interface ComposePsEntry {
 }
 
 const WHISPER_SERVICE = 'whisper-server';
+const WHISPER_PROFILE = 'voice';
+
+function withWhisperProfile(args: string[]): string[] {
+  return ['--profile', WHISPER_PROFILE, ...args];
+}
 
 function defaultRunner(args: string[]): Promise<DockerComposeResult> {
   return execFile('docker', ['compose', '-f', 'docker-compose.yml', ...args], {
@@ -154,7 +159,7 @@ export async function listDockerDependencyStatuses(
 
   let services: string[];
   try {
-    const response = await runner(['config', '--services']);
+    const response = await runner(withWhisperProfile(['config', '--services']));
     services = parseServiceList(response.stdout);
   } catch (error) {
     return [{
@@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ export async function listDockerDependencyStatuses(
   }
 
   try {
-    const response = await runner(['ps', WHISPER_SERVICE, '--format', 'json']);
+    const response = await runner(withWhisperProfile(['ps', WHISPER_SERVICE, '--format', 'json']));
     const rows = parseComposePsOutput(response.stdout)
       .filter((entry) => (entry.Service ?? '') === WHISPER_SERVICE || !entry.Service);